Walter whacked, wolloped and larruped the rustlers after he had chased them and the stolen cattle halfway across Laramie county. He didn't wait for the sherriff to deal with the thieves. Walter stopped short of murder, though. It wasn't horse theft, after all.

Words are a game. Sometimes I play alone, but you are welcome to play, too.

Ester sought novel essences. She wanted to concoct her own soaps for the guest bathroom. For that, she needed to locate and decoct unusual but pleasant scents. Rosewater and glycerine were too mundane.

Words are a game. Sometimes I play alone, but you are welcome to play, too.

Pronunciation: /ˈpaˌtwä, ˈpä-/noun (plural same ) the dialect of the common people of a region, differing in various respects from the standard language of the rest of the country:the nurse talked to me in a patois that even Italians would have had difficulty in understanding the jargon or informal speech used by a particular social group:the raunchy patois of inner-city kids

During the months of the off season, Maurice fiddled and diddled, dawdled and doodled. In the end, he'd written what would become the most widely read and highly acclaimed novel about the world of professional basketball.

Words are a game. Sometimes I play alone, but you are welcome to play, too.

Sandy sat staring at his desk. He hoped that there would be a good explanation and discussion today. The subject was interesting, but recently, Mrs. Potter had been pulling back on the in-class lecture and discussion. She was expecting everybody to read the textbook for the next day's activities. Sandy's mom wasn't home this week and Dad was working extra hours. Sandy's alexia would become a problem if something didn't change soon. The school records had his condition noted, but Mrs. Potter might have missed it. Sandy didn't advertise his difficulty if he could work around it.

Words are a game. Sometimes I play alone, but you are welcome to play, too.

When I taught middle school science, one of our favorite sequences of activity centered on the senses. We did several experiments, including the blind spot test. The kids found it fascinating. Thanks for reminding me, E.P.S.

Words are a game. Sometimes I play alone, but you are welcome to play, too.

Some people say, "Grape juice is vaguely vinous."Others say, "Tall bottles with corks are vinous."Still others say, "I love wine with good food." and, therefore, are fondly described as vinous. Maybe they are gourmands, too.Yet there remain a set of people who say, "Gimme da jug in dat papuh bag." They are rarely described as vinous, but generally called winos.

Words are a game. Sometimes I play alone, but you are welcome to play, too.

Ryan wanted some way to skew the results so he hired a slew of pretty women to serve the brew. The miners were happy, the workmen were eager for more. At the end of the week, Ryan's pub had set itself apart from the others with a count of customers which set a record, brand new.

Words are a game. Sometimes I play alone, but you are welcome to play, too.

Origin:mid 17th century (in the sense 'affected by black bile', one of the four supposed cardinal humors of the body, believed to cause melancholy): from Latin atra bilis 'black bile', translation of Greek melankholia 'melancholy', + -ious